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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "(Funyula, ODM). Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for allowing me to support the Treaty-Making and Ratification (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.9 of 2024). Let me, speak from two points of view. I sat in the Committee on Delegated Legislation in the 12th Parliament. The saddest moment was when we had to annul regulations simply because there was no form of parliamentary participation in the process. I have also sat in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives, and I have been involved in the ratification of several treaties, notably with the European Union and another by UAE, which is ongoing. A few issues, as my colleagues have pointed out, have come out very clear. One of them is the opaque way of negotiating, signing the treaties and then dumping them in Parliament, while telling Members to ratify them. We have had no role to play at all but to ratify the treaties as they are. I am happy that the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs under the good leadership of Sir. George has found it wise to bring these amendments so that there is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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